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Isfahan Synagogue, Persia
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The use of wall niches for Torah scrolls was a feature of some of the earliest synagogues and continues today in Mizrahi communities. This striking faience-tile mosaic structure would have decorated a…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Isfahan, Safavid Iran (Isfahan, Iran)

Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Ritual object, Bible, Mizrahi, Prayer

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Mosaics, Ritual Objects
Faience-tile mosaic of floral designs throughout, two lines of Hebrew text at the top, and three niches at bottom.
Mūsā nāma (The Book of Moses)
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Mūsā nāmā (The Book of Moses) is a retelling of the biblical story of Moses, composed in Judeo-Persian verse by the poet Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī. In this scene, Phinehas (bottom right) surprises the…

Contributor:

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī, Artist Unknown

Places:

Tabriz, Ottoman Empire (Tabriz, Iran)

Date:

1686

Subjects:

Midrash, Bible, Muslim-Jewish relations, Sex, Miracles

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Midrash
Manuscript page with illustration of two figures embracing in center, surrounded by two figures watching, another watching with face covered, another prodding them from underneath, and an image of a room, with Judeo-Persian text on top and bottom of page.